Gaines Adams Quotes

Sometimes I look at myself and think: have I been too hard in terms of pushing and challenging the players? But I only think about that for five minutes and then I say I am doing okay because they need to be pushed and challenged.

No one puts higher expectations on themselves than I do.

Obviously, everybody has their own expectations of you, but you have to have your own expectations for yourself. For me, I'm right on track.

I want to spend more time with those kids. I want to dedicate my time to train those kids and teach them what it takes, what they need to do to get to this level.

Whatever it is you're doing, whether it's your career or a particular focus, if you're trying to be the best you can possibly be, then you'll be putting that pressure on yourself.

Coach Bo Pelini and coach Carl Pelini are two coaches I talk to on a regular basis, especially coach Bo. They are coaches I feel elevated my game.

I'm a textbook definition of that perfectionist girl who has huge expectations of herself.

This year my role is clear: I am a coach, a coach to sportsmen.

The sport in Scouting is to find the good in every boy and develop it.

As a player you are always made to feel welcome, but at the same time, there is too much pressure.

I think we can all learn things if we really want to. It's fascinating how that can get expedited when you have a support system around you.

I feel like I've set the bar fairly high, and I want to keep living up to that bar.

And I found out, the other part of it is that I found out and in my desire to life successfully, that baseball fit very well into my life. It's been a great teacher, trainer, mentor and you'll see what I mean in the next few minutes that I have to speak.

If we lose games, and I don't score a lot, they gonna say I'm not scoring enough.

I always had pressure on myself through my life. I put pressure on myself and not from other people. I always wanted to be one of the hottest rappers. So the pressure comes from myself.

I've heard a lot about what second-round picks usually do - whether it's D-League or whether it's not playing - but for me, I have high expectations of myself regardless of where I'm picked.

I'm sure Mourinho will make me a better player and a better person.

People who can actually challenge me and push me and almost push me to breaking point and extract a performance out of me, I really enjoy that.

Every kid I've been around as a football player, they want their coaches to make them better as men and as players.

My father was a big influence. He kept telling me to pursue football, always. He always encouraged me and my brother.

I love watching players improve - even as a Little League coach.

I can't practice every practice or play every play like, 'Oh, I'm trying to get in the Hall of Fame.'

I'm very fortunate to have a coach that I got to stay with all this time. Every year the bond gets stronger and better, and we understand each other more. And it's like she can tell if I walk into the gym what kind of mood I'm in, what she has to fix for the practice I need, or how I'm feeling.

I still remember my quote from the 2007 World Cup, when I said scoring two threes was as good as hitting a six. That was me trying to justify what you couldn't. To me, and this was before I became director of cricket, we just couldn't do that again.

I'm sure like everyone else I'm not always the happiest if I don't do a good job in quali or the race or whatever, so I think beating myself up sometimes makes me work harder.